Mikel Arteta poured cold water on any suggestion Sergio Aguero could move to Arsenal.
The Manchester City forward will leave the club at the end of the season when his contract expires.
Barcelona are the bookmakers' favourite to sign Aguero on a free transfer, though a move to Inter Milan and potentially a stay in the Premier League have also been touted.
Arteta worked with Aguero for three years as Pep Guardiola's assistant and the Arsenal boss paid tribute to the striker's legacy at City.
"Sergio has a unique quality to see spaces where nobody else can see and score goals in a really easy way so that I am sure that he will find the right next project," Arteta said at his pre-Liverpool press conference.
On Aguero's legacy, Arteta said: "Anybody that has been close to Sergio would say the same thing. He has probably been the main face or one of the three main faces that has lifted that project.
"You need some leadership, some quality, players to create moments to start to build a project like they did and Sergio is probably the biggest face on that project.
"It is not only the way in which he plays [but] his charisma, personality and the way he is. He is loved by everybody at the club.
"It is sad to see someone leaving like him but I think what he has done there he will be in their history."
Asked whether Arsenal could attempt to sign Aguero, Arteta said: "No, no, we will see what happens with him in the future."
